Filed under: Utilities, Microsoft, Open Source
The Windows 7 USB installer tool is back -- and open source!
But it's OK: it was just a mistake, an honest mistake. They didn't mean to include the open-source code fragments. So they pulled the software from their site and said it would be back in a little while, properly documented, and open-sourced. Well, it's been a month and it's finally back! It's also now hosted on CodePlex, Microsoft's open-source repository -- cool.
If you weren't aware such a tool existed, it creates bootable USB sticks from .ISO (CD or DVD) images, ideal for installing Windows 7 on a netbook or any other device without an optical drive. If you need more info - perhaps if you want to rejuvenate a tired old netbook for a grandparent this Christmas - we've written about installing Windows 7 via USB before.
[via CNet -- Windows 7 USB Download Tool link]
Chromatic is one of the best time-wasters I've recently come across. It's all about the gameplay -- no Flash graphics here. You play a "circle" (it doesn't really have a name in the game). You move around with the arrow keys, and you change colors with Z, X, and C.
You can either be red, blue, or yellow, and you can switch at any time during the game. Each color has different capabilities -- yellow can double-jump, while red has a longer dash (which is like a forward sprint, activated by double-pressing DOWN).
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Nick said 11:38AM on 12-10-2009
Now we need a fork of that for Linux, Mac, Hurd, etc. I hope it'll be integrated in Unetbootin and stuff.
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Ranx3rox said 1:30PM on 12-10-2009
Hey when I try to install this on my pc it gives me an error of "install the image mastering api v2 then run this installer again.
I am on a PC with XPsp3
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Tatsuyame said 4:29PM on 12-10-2009
At the bottom of the codeplex page:
"For Windows XP Users
The following applications must be installed prior to installing the tool:
•Microsoft .NET Framework v2 must be installed. It can be downloaded at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en.
•Microsoft Image Mastering API v2 must be installed. It can be downloaded at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B5F726F1-4ACE-455D-BAD7-ABC4DD2F147B&displaylang=en."
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whiskey said 7:12PM on 12-10-2009
Oh yes, one can almost taste your outrage because Microsoft blatantly decided to violate the GPL in the last iteration of this.
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Jash Sayani said 9:25AM on 12-11-2009
I might get Windows 7 Student version for VM use.
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